Day 9 of the 2020 Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) was another day of intense poker action at the PokerStars virtual felt. Thousands of the game’s elite grinders took to the table to chase fame and fortune in the $85 million guarantee festival. Which players manage to achieve those goals? Let’s find out.

PokerNews Live Reported 2020 SCOOP Events

A new first-time champion has been crowned during the 2020 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) and the hot streak for Dutch poker players continues as Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder rode to victory in under four hours in SCOOP-33-H: $10,300 NLHE PKO High Roller after defeating Niklas "Lena900" Astedt in heads-up.

It was the far-biggest cash for Mulder and he adds $278,785.25 in bounty and cash prizes to his bankroll after defeating a field of 117 entries, which contained some of the biggest names of the online poker world and created a prize pool of $1,170,000. While the Dutchman may not be as prolific on the live poker circuit yet, he has already cashed for more than $3 million in MTT's online of which more than $2 million are recorded under his moniker "tinnoemulder" on PokerStars.

It took fewer than four hours to reduce the 15 Day 1 survivors to a winner and Mulder had to overcome 10 former SCOOP champions of which seven made it to the final table. Andras "probirs" Nemeth led the field into the final day and retained the top spot ahead of Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker when the final table of the last nine was formed within half an hour of play. Nemeth was unable to score a third SCOOP title and finished third, Muehloecker had to settle for fourth place.

No stranger to success, Joao "Naza114" Vieira managed to overcome a field of 1,350 entries and add another Spring Championship of Online Poker title on his online resume, the fourth one, after winning 2020 PokerStars SCOOP-33-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, Thursday Thrill].

This was by far his biggest SCOOP cash, with the first-place finish awarding him with $97,223 in bounty prizes and $89,119 in cash prizes, for a total amount of $186,342. Vieira entered the final table in the second place of the chip counts and managed to turn it into an amazing performance that ended with a SCOOP title and a big six-digit cash.

Connor "blanconegro" Drinan shipped the SCOOP-34-H: $530 PLO8 [8-Max], $125K Gtd for $34,421 after two days of play. Drinan is a well-known online grinder with more than $7 million in cashes at PokerStars alone.

The event attracted 268 entries and 110 re-entries to generate a $189,000 prize pool with a total of 55 players getting paid at least $1,139.

Drinan was joined on the podium by Canada's Michael "SilentPurple" MacHugh, who took bronze for $18,024.

This one-day event combined many different tournament formats as it was a turbo, Zoom, heads-up, total PKO tournament. The last part of the description means that there is no prize pool and all payouts are based on bounties.

SCOOP-37-M: $215 HORSE

SCOOP-37-H: $2,100 HORSE

Guarantee

$125,000

Prize Pool

$232,000

Players

116

Players left

16

First place prize

$56,840

Next payout

$4,640

Chip leader

Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi (United Kingdom)

Big Events Scheduled on May 8

May 9 is Day 10 of this incredible series and sees some massive tournaments take place. Check out the table below to see which events you can play in the table below in addition to the in-play events above that conclude later.

Time (EDT)

Time (GMT)

Tournament

Guarantee

9:30 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

SCOOP-39-L: $11 NLHE Afternoon Deep Stack

$80,000

9:30 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

SCOOP-39-M: $109 NLHE Afternoon Deep Stack

$200,000

9:30 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

SCOOP-39-H: $1,050 NLHE Afternoon Deep Stack

$300,000

12 p.m.

4 p.m.

SCOOP-40-L: $55 PLO

$150,000

12 p.m.

4 p.m.

SCOOP-40-M: $530 PLO

$250,000

12 p.m.

4 p.m.

SCOOP-40-H: $5,200 PLO

$750,000

1:15 p.m.

5:15 p.m.

SCOOP-41-L: $5.50 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO]

$150,000

1:15 p.m.

5:15 p.m.

SCOOP-41-M: $55 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO]

$600,000

1:15 p.m.

5:15 p.m.

SCOOP-41-H: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO]

$850,000

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